diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 031e31a..446875c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function App() {
             <Route path="/working-groups" element={<WorkingGroups />} />
             <Route path="/lectures" element={<Lectures />} />
             <Route path="/login" element={<Login />} />
-            // error handling page
+            {/* error handling page */}
             {errorRoutes.map(({ path, code, title, description }) => (
               <Route
                 key={path}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/MarkdownRenderer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/MarkdownRenderer.tsx
index d0b8d35..95dddaa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/MarkdownRenderer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/markdown-renderer/MarkdownRenderer.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import rehypeRaw from "rehype-raw";
 import remarkGfm from "remark-gfm";
 import remarkMath from "remark-math";
 import { useTheme } from "@mui/material/styles";
+import { Prism as SyntaxHighlighter } from "react-syntax-highlighter";
+import { oneDark, oneLight } from "react-syntax-highlighter/dist/esm/styles/prism";
 import "katex/dist/katex.min.css";
 
 type MarkdownRendererProps = {
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ const MarkdownRenderer: React.FC<MarkdownRendererProps> = ({
   const mergedImageProps = { ...defaultImageProps, ...imageProps };
   const { align, ...styleProps } = mergedImageProps;
   const theme = useTheme();
+  const syntaxTheme = theme.palette.mode === "dark" ? oneDark : oneLight;
   return (
     <ReactMarkdown
       remarkPlugins={[remarkGfm, remarkMath]}
@@ -83,6 +86,47 @@ const MarkdownRenderer: React.FC<MarkdownRendererProps> = ({
             </div>
           );
         },
+        code: ({ node: _node, className, children, ...props }) => {
+          const langMatch = /language-(\w+)/.exec(className ?? "");
+          const code = String(children).replace(/\n$/, "");
+          const isBlock = !!langMatch || code.includes("\n");
+
+          if (isBlock) {
+            return (
+              <SyntaxHighlighter
+                language={langMatch?.[1] ?? "text"}
+                style={syntaxTheme}
+                customStyle={{
+                  margin: "1rem 0",
+                  borderRadius: "8px",
+                  fontSize: "0.85rem",
+                }}
+                wrapLongLines
+                {...props}
+              >
+                {code}
+              </SyntaxHighlighter>
+            );
+          }
+
+          return (
+            <code
+              className={className}
+              style={{
+                backgroundColor:
+                  theme.palette.mode === "dark"
+                    ? "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08)"
+                    : "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06)",
+                borderRadius: "4px",
+                padding: "0.15rem 0.35rem",
+                fontSize: "0.9em",
+              }}
+              {...props}
+            >
+              {children}
+            </code>
+          );
+        },
       }}
     >
       {content}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/home/Home.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/home/Home.tsx
index 81f3880..4e1939f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/home/Home.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/home/Home.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-import { Box, Button, Typography } from "@mui/material";
+import {
+  Box,
+  Button,
+  Dialog,
+  DialogActions,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogTitle,
+  Typography,
+} from "@mui/material";
 import Grid from "@mui/material/Grid";
-import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useSearchParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { fetchLeaderboardSummaries } from "../../api/api";
 import { fetcherApiCallback } from "../../lib/hooks/useApi";
@@ -8,7 +16,8 @@ import { ErrorAlert } from "../../components/alert/ErrorAlert";
 import LeaderboardTile from "./components/LeaderboardTile";
 import Loading from "../../components/common/loading";
 import { ConstrainedContainer } from "../../components/app-layout/ConstrainedContainer";
-import ArrowOutwardIcon from "@mui/icons-material/ArrowOutward";
+import MarkdownRenderer from "../../components/markdown-renderer/MarkdownRenderer";
+import quickStartMarkdown from "./quick-start.md?raw";
 
 interface TopUser {
   rank: number;
@@ -32,6 +41,7 @@ interface LeaderboardSummaries {
 
 export default function Home() {
   const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const [isQuickStartOpen, setIsQuickStartOpen] = useState(false);
   const useV1 = searchParams.has("v1_query");
 
   const { data, loading, error, errorStatus, call } = fetcherApiCallback<
@@ -63,10 +73,7 @@ export default function Home() {
         <Box sx={{ mb: 4 }}>
           <Button
             variant="contained"
-            href="https://github.com/gpu-mode/popcorn-cli"
-            target="_blank"
-            rel="noopener"
-            endIcon={<ArrowOutwardIcon />}
+            onClick={() => setIsQuickStartOpen(true)}
             sx={{
               textTransform: "none",
               fontWeight: 500,
@@ -78,6 +85,21 @@ export default function Home() {
           </Button>
         </Box>
 
+        <Dialog
+          open={isQuickStartOpen}
+          onClose={() => setIsQuickStartOpen(false)}
+          maxWidth="md"
+          fullWidth
+        >
+          <DialogTitle>Submit Your First Kernel</DialogTitle>
+          <DialogContent dividers>
+            <MarkdownRenderer content={quickStartMarkdown} />
+          </DialogContent>
+          <DialogActions>
+            <Button onClick={() => setIsQuickStartOpen(false)}>Close</Button>
+          </DialogActions>
+        </Dialog>
+
         {leaderboards.length > 0 ? (
           <Grid container spacing={3}>
             {leaderboards.map((leaderboard) => (
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/home/quick-start.md b/frontend/src/pages/home/quick-start.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a918061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/home/quick-start.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+## 1) Install `popcorn-cli`
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gpu-mode/popcorn-cli/main/install.sh | bash
+```
+
+## 2) Register your account
+
+```bash
+popcorn-cli register discord
+```
+
+## 3) Download a starter kernel
+
+```bash
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gpu-mode/reference-kernels/refs/heads/main/problems/pmpp_v2/grayscale_py/submission.py
+```
+
+## 4) Submit to leaderboard
+
+```bash
+popcorn-cli submit --gpu A100 --leaderboard grayscale_v2 --mode leaderboard submission.py
+```
+
+For a full overview of the commands, check out the [popcorn-cli repo](https://github.com/gpu-mode/popcorn-cli).